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Case Reports
. 2010 May;25(5):993-4.
doi: 10.1007/s00467-010-1442-0. Epub 2010 Feb 18.

Anti-epoetin-antibody-induced anemia in a child with chronic renal failure

Jasper J Jöbsis, Karin Fijnvandraat, Steven O Stapel, Anthonia H Bouts
Case Reports

Anti-epoetin-antibody-induced anemia in a child with chronic renal failure

Jasper J Jöbsis et al. Pediatr Nephrol. 2010 May.
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Treatment regimen of progressive transfusion-dependent anemia unresponsive to recombinant epoetin-beta in our young patient with chronic kidney failure. Hb hemoglobin
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